Neighbours and washing lines

We leave ours out for up to several days, either because its not dry or because we dont find the time. Its under the roof though, on the balcony.

Hanging out washing overnight is new to me too! I've occasionally left it if we've been out or forgotten but then it feels damp in the morning!

I do wear knickers to bed though 😂

Ooh! I've just learned something new, that some people hang their washing out at night! I've never hung washing out overnight, ever! That seems very odd, to me, as the air is always very moisture-laden once the sun has set (unless you live in a desert, maybe).

This is as much of a revelation to me as it was when I found out (on here) that some people wear knickers under their pyjamas in bed and some people wash their towels after a single use!

In the summer I leave my washing out overnight all the time and so do my neighbours on both sides. In hot climates people hang coloured clothes out overnight so the sun doesn’t bleach the colour out.
I think you just have a neighbour that likes to make rules for everyone else. Tell him/her to get something that makes a noise to scare the foxes away.
We have foxes near us but they never play with my washing.

What they going to do spit their false teeth out at you

Meaning what?

enforced by fellow residents fuck off 🤣 curtains twitches.

I'm not sure what to maje of this thread . But oh well 😁.

Op are you allowed tumble dryers?

Anyway dry your washing when you want .
Alsodry your washing inside when you want. What they going to do spit their false teeth out at you

We live on an estate of flats and masionettes with shared communal washing lines. It says in the lease that we must hang washing outdoors and this is enforced by fellow residents - this is not a problem for us as we prefer to hang out washing outside anyway

First of all, I'd ignore the neighbour. If you want/need to leave it hanging out overnight just do so.
But secondly, what the absolute fuck is this rule about having to hang washing outdoors and it being enforced by fellow residents.
What the fuck are you supposed to do when it's pissing down with rain for 5 days on end? Or in the winter when it's fucking freezing?
I know you keep saying you prefer to hang the washing outside - well I do too - but if it's raining constantly it has to get hung up indoors.

Anyone looking through my window to see if I am hanging up washing would get short shrift from me.
It's a totally ridiculous rule.
Fuck that!

I've never left washing out overnight, surely it gets damp in the morning dew?

Are you actually in the UK? As it quite frequently rains overnight here and the wind can be quite bad. No chance I'd risk putting my washing out overnight. Besides it being darked on and rubbed with spider willies, the dew point is usually quite high in the early hours so runs the risk of just being damp, and I don't fancy one of my bras ending up in he neighbours hedge again.

And spiders will rub their willies on it. All. Night. Long.

I have never heard of a rule that you cannot dry laundry indoors.

It isn't possible to do that for most of the time in the UK- especially in the winter months.
I am a huge advocate of outdoor drying , but laundry rarely gets 100% dry outside, only during hotter times in the summer.

Much of the time you can get laundry 80% dry, but will still need some time of racks indoors to become dry enough to put away or wear.

How is this rule enforced?
Are you supposed to put clean damp clothes back into the wardrobe?

All sounds bonkers.

My washing is out as we speak and I don't mind it getting darked on tonight.

I have never heard of foxes playing with laundry either. I would do what you want, it's usually more convenient for me to hang out my washing in an evening if rain isn't forecast than rushing before work the next day.

🤣🤣🤣

People looking through your windows to check if you've hung your washing on a clothes horse? That's the most hilarious thing I've ever read on here 🤣🤣🤣

Hanging washing over balconies is often not allowed but hanging washing in your own home is perfectly fine.

Leaving washing out overnight isn't something I'd ever do. I'm not keen on hanging it out at all to be honest. Towels go crispy and everything gets covered in creepy crawlies and bird poo! As energy bills have gone higher I've had to do it in an attempt to save money (don't use tumble dryer any more) but overnight? No way.

If it's causing problems for your neighbours you should stop doing it.

That's no way fixes are playing with your washing. We have foxes because the idiot next door feeds them, we also have CCTV and hang washing out overnight, the fixes have never shown any interest. Pot plants, yes, any toys left out yes, footballs definitely. The foxes are making noise because foxes make noise. Also in a situation with shared washing lines I'd prefer a neighbour who hangs out over night than one who hangs out first thing then goes to work for 8-9 hours blocking the line for anyone else to use. I got 4 loads dry outside on Saturday, in this weather dry and blowy it's done in a couple of hours.

You and your husband can hang your washing out when it suits you and not when the net-curtain-nit-picker tells you to.

He needs to keep his nose in his own buisness and out of your washing, its absalutely none of his buisness.

Next time, he blurts out another load of gobledeygook, just threaten him with reporting him as if he continues he's heading for an asbo.

We have an elderly neighbour like this, a complete fuss budget who checks the washing every 10 minutes and anything that appears to be dry he takes in.
Has to fanny around in the garden if I'm out there and peers around the kitchen door A LOT before shutting it very quietly.
Normally he just slams it.
This is outting but I don't give a shit.

I put my washing out last night and it was ready to come in by the time I was up and about at about 9am.

If foxes are a problem can the residents do anything about them as the washing is not the actual cause of the complaint is it? Presumably if you could keep foxes away he'd have no issue?

I’d put it in the line if the weather looked good, irrespective of the time of day. Clothes can dry on a line overnight

But it doesn’t always dry outside in the winter because it’s often too cold or damp. I can’t believe they expect you to not dry your own washing in your own home. I would completely ignore this ridiculous room. Like a pp says stick it in bathroom. But no one would be looking through your windows- what a breach of privacy!

But if it rains for days and days, how do you dry your washing then?

Like fuck do staff get sent round to stare through your windows looking for evidence of clothes horses. The mere idea is ridiculous.

You can always stand it in the bath/bathroom and it really won't be seen there.

You really will have to have some sort of contingency like that for when we get really wet weather or the middle of winter. Clothes may well just not dry at all outside then.